All Hallows’ Eve
Lion for St. Mark, Eagle for St. John, and Fleur-de-Lis for Our Lady The children had fun carving pumpkins and trick or treating with their dad.
Read MoreBaked Pumpkin
A few years ago, as my husband carved a pumpkin, I wondered how we could use the pumpkin’s flesh. In doing so, I stumbled upon the recipe below (I wish that I had noted where I found it). Baked pumpkin (or pumpkin bake as we call it) is very easy to make. Kieran had so…
Read MoreIf it is Quiet
something’s going on… He fell asleep eating his first Oreo cookie. I assumed our little boy would eat his second Oreo cookie after he woke up. Instead, as I was teaching our baby boy’s brothers and sisters, and he was playing quietly at my feet, our baby boy found said Oreo cookie and proceeded to…
Read MoreRainy Day Recess Activity
We have been enjoying our St. Luke’s Summer. My children are still wearing sandals and short-sleeve shirts. However, earlier today we had a downpour which kept the children inside after lunch. Brendan decided to use his free time to carve our first pumpkin. In years past, he has carved a pro-life pumpkin and a Celtic knot.…
Read MoreLilla Rose Sale
It’s a Lilla Rose 72-Hour Sale! Sale ends Saturday, October 18, at 11:59 PM Brass, brown, and black items are 15% off and everything else is 10% off. Jennifer at Veils and Vocations and Tracy at Pinewood Castle are hosting online Lilla Rose parties. Please visit Tracy’s or Jennifer’s party links to take advantage of the sale.…
Read MoreHappy Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
“The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.” ~Pope Leo XIII “One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save…
Read MoreThe Mass Rock in the Glen
In a lonely mountain valley in the county of Tyrone Lies one of Ireland’s Mass Rocks deserted and unknown The few who write historic tales or wield the poet’s pen Can say with pride I knelt beside the Mass Rock in the glen. I’m proud that I am mountain bred this is my native place…
Read MoreAutumn’s Delight and Jen’s Review
Lilla Rose’s October Flexi of the Month, Autumn’s Delight, is now available on my Lilla Rose website. Jen wrote a lovely review of Lilla Rose’s flexi clips on her blog. Her party link is open through this Friday, October 3. If you would like to purchase Autumn’s Delight, the flexi of the month, or other…
Read MoreTruly Golden Little Golden Book
from The Boy with a Drum Several years ago, my family inherited my mother-in-law’s, my husband’s and his siblings’ Little Golden Books. I do not remember reading many Little Golden Books growing up and the Little Golden Books that, as a young mother, I had seen sitting on grocery store shelves did not intrigue me.…
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